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CVE-2025-1828

HIGH CVSS: 8.8 Published: 2025-03-11 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

Crypt::Random Perl package 1.05 through 1.55 may use rand() function, which is not cryptographically strong, for cryptographic functions. If the Provider is not specified and /dev/urandom or an Entropy Gathering Daemon (egd) service is not available Crypt::Random will default to use the insecure Crypt::Random::rand provider. In particular, Windows versions of perl will encounter this issue by default.

Affected Platforms

Timlegge Crypt\

Weakness Type

CWE-331, CWE-338, CWE-338

References